Type of reproduction that results in a clone
What is asexual?
Made of a base, sugar and phosphate
Any change in the number or order of bases in a DNA strand
What is a mutation?
If this type of allele is present, its trait will appear in the organism.
What is dominant?
Type of reproduction that produces genetic diversity.
What is sexual?
The complimentary base order for CTTATG
What is GAATAC?
Physical or chemical agent that can cause a mutation
What is a mutagen?
The explanation for 2 parents with freckles having a child with no freckles
What are hidden or recessive genes?
A new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud.
What is budding
The shape of a DNA molecule
Mendel found that crossing tall pea plants with short pea plants made all of this kind of plant.
What is tall?
Type of asexual reproduction that bacteria use.
Binary Fission
This copies the coded message from the DNA and carries it to the ribosomes.
What is messenger RNA?
Taking DNA from one organism and inserting it into another organism’s DNA sequence
What is genetic engineering?
This is the probability of producing a tall pea plant from a cross between two hybrid tall pea plants
What is 75% (or two in four)
When two gametes combine.
What is fertilization?
Adenine pairs with this
What is Thymine
When humans select who will live or reproduce.